Kim and I went to get daisy tattoos last night. We tried Southside, but with SXSW going on, they were too slammed. So we went to Atomic on MLK, where we lucked into getting Philip Corbin as our artist. He did a way better design than either of us had imagined–woot, woot! I couldn’t be happier with the result–thanks to Philip, for the art, Kim for the fun, and David and Will for kid-wrangling while we did it!
I Am A: Neutral Good Halfling Druid (6th Level)
Ability Scores:
Strength-12
Dexterity-12
Constitution-13
Intelligence-13
Wisdom-14
Charisma-18
Alignment:
Neutral Good A neutral good character does the best that a good person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order. However, neutral good can be a dangerous alignment because because it advances mediocrity by limiting the actions of the truly capable.
Race:
Halflings are clever, capable and resourceful survivors. They are notoriously curious and show a daring that many larger people can’t match. They can be lured by wealth but tend to spend rather than hoard. They prefer practical clothing and would rather wear a comfortable shirt than jewelry. Halflings stand about 3 feet tall and commonly live to see 150.
Class:
Druids gain power not by ruling nature but by being at one with it. They hate the unnatural, including aberrations or undead, and destroy them where possible. Druids receive divine spells from nature, not the gods, and can gain an array of powers as they gain experience, including the ability to take the shapes of animals. The weapons and armor of a druid are restricted by their traditional oaths, not simply training. A druid’s Wisdom score should be high, as this determines the maximum spell level that they can cast.
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I went to have my follow-up visit with my spinal orthopedist, and due to my progressively getting BETTER (who knew?!), I’m not going to have to have back surgery after all! Woo Hoo! Say it with me now:
“WOO HOO!”
Now I just need to find a better chair for work; right now I’m kneeling in front of my desk. Eventually, my feet will go to sleep, and that’s no good.
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In our conference room at work, we have a dish of semi-high-quality chocolates–the fancy Hershey’s squares in dark chocolate and some Dove chocolates in dark, caramel, etc. The Dove chocolates are wrapped in a thickish foil, and on the inside of each is printed a “Dove PROMISES(r)” message, so I refer to them as Fortune Chocolates. In the last three meetings I’ve attended, I’ve received the following messages (two chocolates per meeting), not in order:
- Concentrate on the important things.
- A life well lived is a life without regret.
- Don’t think about it so much.
- Hey, why not?
- Own all the moments of your life.
- Make “someday” today.
The only thing that’s missing is “Surrender,” which I’m considering tattooing inside my wrist as a reminder (Thanks, MariMikel!).
These all seem like trite yet useful bits of wisdom, so I taped them all to a sheet of paper and posted them where I can see them. And now, where you can see them too.
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Or maybe it’s the beautiful weather? Whatever the case, I feel much more…alert? engaged? intelligent? the last two days. Which coincidentally (or not!) coincide with me starting to have morning coffee again. Now, I’m not suggesting that caffeine = intelligence booster or anything, just that, well, it certainly seemed to help me.
I really need to do a GTD-style braindump, but I’m afraid it would ruin my good mood to see exactly how much work I have to do. Of course, at some point, it’s all going to come crashing down and I’ll feel completely overwhelmed. But I’ll deal with that when the time comes.
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Or something.
This morning, I answered an email from a friend, nothing major, something I do many times a day, every day. This is a pretty new friend, again, nothing new. But I was replying before I’d had any coffee, or tea, or anything with caffeine. And I think that’s how I ended up writing without a filter. Nothing TOO major got through, I don’t think, but I did make a few comments that came out awkwardly. Or could make my new friend think I’m crazy, at the very least.
Since I got over my cold/virus/flu/whatever the hell it was, I haven’t been caffeinating myself as much, and as Will puts it, my IQ has dropped by about 50 points. I’m thinking it’s time to take charge of my own intelligence and start up again. I’ll especially need it tomorrow at work, it’s Product Review Day, which means I’m stuck in a conference room with a bunch of other folks ALL DAY LONG. It’s really really bad to fall asleep there.
So, tomorrow, BIG cup of coffee. Then a green tea. Gotta have my antioxidants, you know.
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I know, all three of you who read my blog with any regularity are spinning in your … office chairs? I guess it’s a bit premature for it to be in your graves. What momentous occasion has inspired this post? Well, nothing in particular. I’ve been reading quite a few new blogs that are fun and funny and thought-provoking–that’s always an inspiration. And of you three readers, I think one of you might not be caught up on my back/potential surgery situation, so I thought I’d cover that as well.
So, my back…I’ve been having back trouble on and off since I was about 14 years old, and I was thrown off my horse (a fairly regular occurrence) and landed on my back, on the jump (not a regular occurrence). In the last few years it’s been worse, and about a month ago I really messed up my left hip. Turns out I seriously herniated a disc in my lumbar spine. The pain has since receded, but my left leg just doesn’t work right. I can’t walk right, and I can’t do a simple calf raise. Apparently if I don’t get my motor control back within 3 months (that’d be mid-to-late April), it’ll become permanent. SO, unless it miraculously gets better quickly, I’ll be having surgery in the next few months to clip off that pesky bit pressing against my spinal cord (the white vertical line in the picture).
Any more will have to wait til I go help clean the kitchen. 
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